prastar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pra- +‎ stȁr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prâstar/
• Hyphenation: pra‧star

Adjective

prȁstar (Cyrillic spelling пра̏стар, definite prȁstarī)

1. ancient

   prastaro božanstvo ― an ancient deity

   • 1943, Vladimir Nazor, Uz Maršala Tita:

     Rod prastari svi smo,
     a goti mi nismo:
     slavenstva smo drevnoga čest.

     We are all an ancient kindred,
     but we are not Goths:
     we are a part of primeval Slavdom.

Declension

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		prastar	prastara	prastaro
genitive		prastara	prastare	prastara
dative		prastaru	prastaroj	prastaru
accusative	inanimate animate	prastar prastara	prastaru	prastaro
vocative		prastar	prastara	prastaro
locative		prastaru	prastaroj	prastaru
instrumental		prastarim	prastarom	prastarim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		prastari	prastare	prastara
genitive		prastarih	prastarih	prastarih
dative		prastarim(a)	prastarim(a)	prastarim(a)
accusative		prastare	prastare	prastara
vocative		prastari	prastare	prastara
locative		prastarim(a)	prastarim(a)	prastarim(a)
instrumental		prastarim(a)	prastarim(a)	prastarim(a)

definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		prastari	prastara	prastaro
genitive		prastarog(a)	prastare	prastarog(a)
dative		prastarom(u/e)	prastaroj	prastarom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	prastari prastarog(a)	prastaru	prastaro
vocative		prastari	prastara	prastaro
locative		prastarom(e/u)	prastaroj	prastarom(e/u)
instrumental		prastarim	prastarom	prastarim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		prastari	prastare	prastara
genitive		prastarih	prastarih	prastarih
dative		prastarim(a)	prastarim(a)	prastarim(a)
accusative		prastare	prastare	prastara
vocative		prastari	prastare	prastara
locative		prastarim(a)	prastarim(a)	prastarim(a)
instrumental		prastarim(a)	prastarim(a)	prastarim(a)

References

• “prastar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025